RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Democrat Ghazala Hashmi has been declared the winner of the Virginia lieutenant governor race.

Hashmi, 61, will be the first South Asian-American to serve as lieutenant governor of Virginia.

Hashmi is currently a state senator representing a district south of Richmond.

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She has previous experience as an educator, as a professor at the University of Richmond and Reynolds Community College.

She entered politics in 2019 by flipping a Republican-held state Senate seat and went on to win a crowded Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in June.

The inauguration will be Saturday, Jan. 17.

The Associated Press contributed to this repo rt.

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